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Historical Event on 1/20/1879

Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
7/17/1979Jagjivan Ram elected Janata parliamentary party leader. Charan Singh is PM heading Janatha (S)-Congress coalition and Jagjivan Ram is leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
8/2/1958Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 13 Tests between 1987-89), was born in Hydrabad.
10/24/1992Narmada, World Bank sets time to correct defects.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
10/2/1997At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.